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a government shutdown at the end of the week. the measure now goes to the senate. the party-line vote was 217-213, with only one republican, representative thomas mass of kentucky, voting against the bill. when democrat, representative jared gold of maine, voted yes with republicans. opponents of the bill argue it gives the president flexibility to continue to defund major pieces of the federal government. here is a look at the debate. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise today in support of h.r. 1968, the full year continuing appropriations and extensions act of 2025. today's bill comes about at a critical time for this institution and this nation. as members are well aware government funding all runs out at midnight on friday. that means that members are faced with a stark but clear choice. will they vote in favor of this

bill and thereby keep the government opened and operating, or will they vote no, thereby affirmatively choosing to shut down the government? this choice is the choice we face today. we are now nearly 5 1/2 months into the fiscal year 2025. congresses previously passed two short-term continuing resolution, both of which extended government funding and kept the status quo in place. ensuring the government can remain opened. today's bill is really no different than the c.r. passed in december. other than the most essential and critical anomalies, it simply maintains current conditions through the end of the fiscal year. for those who supported the c.r. in december, you should have no qualms about voting the same way on today's bill. there are no policy differences, no poison pills, and no reason to vote against keeping the government opened and operating. the year-long c.r. is not how i -- year-long c.r. is not how i

hoped the process would end. the appropriations committee in the house did their work. indeed the committee reported outual 12 appropriations bills by midsummer. and the house passed five of those bills covering over 70% of discretionary spending across the floor by the end of july. sadly, despite our best efforts, we were unable to come to a final agreement on the full-year appropriations bills. although we were very close on a final dollar figure, my colleagues in the minority made additional demands that would restrict the legitimate authority of the executive in the appropriations process. these are restriction that is the minority would never accept for a democratic president, nor are they provision that is president trump would or should sign into law. it is deeply unfortunate and disappointing that the minority chose to make these unreasonable demands. republicans never left the negotiating table, and worked diligently with democrats to

reach a bicameral, bipartisan deal. sadly, the minority allowed their opposition to the president to cloud their judgment, giving into a political teller tantrum rather than -- temper tantrum than keep the government opened. that's the choice before us. today's bill is a simple straightforward continuing resolution. funding the government and keeping it opened through september 30. it maintains the status quo, providing flat funding for the government, and including only legitimate anomalies. importantly this bill does not contain a single poison pill policy rider. it's a clean c.r. fully funding our government. this includes our military and defense needs. and indeed we have accomplished this while also fully funding the department of defense. including the largest pay raise for junior enlisted personnel in over 40 years. we are also maintaining funding for other critical functions of government, including border

defense, roads, parks, childcare, water infrastructure projects, biomedical research, job training, and countless others. i know members have been -- have heard some fear mongering about social security, medicare, and medicaid. this bill makes no changes to any of these programs. leaving them intact. as is. and with the funding they need to operate through the end of the fiscal year. let me say that again. there are no changes to social security, medicare, medicaid, period. mr. speaker, the outcome of the fiscal year 2025 appropriation process is not what i wanted. but at the end of the day it is significantly better than the alternative, a government shutdown. the choice is clear. either members will vote for this bill and for keeping the government opened, or they will vote to shut the government down. i know which option my constituents expect, and i know

which i will choose. i urge all my colleagues to do the same. vote for this bill. vote to keep the government opened and operating. thank you, mr. speaker. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut, ms. delauro, is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the lady is recognized. ms. delauro: i am opposed to this one-year continuing resolution. it is not a simple stopgap that keeps the lights on, the doors opened. this is republican leadership handing over the keys of the government in a blank check to elon musk and to president trump. as the white house said, this bill creates more flexibility for this administration to continue to undermine the constitution and the countless spending laws by stealing promised investments from

american families, children, and businesses. unlawfully dismantling agencies, arbitrarily firing civil servants, and canceling union contracts. read the constitution. article 1, section 9, clause 7, the power of the purse resides with the congress and not with the executive. and in fact, the president has no legitimate authority from meddling in the appropriations process. our colleagues across the aisle have gone to their districts, they witnessed rage from their constituents at these actions. they have been advised by their political consultants not to do town halls all together. why bother listening to the american people? it was president lincoln who

said, public sentiment is everything, and without it you can do nothing. they do not have public sentiment. .. now what should we do the -- we do? it should not be cutting defense. they are in violation of the fiscal responsibility act. there was an agreement with senator schumer, speaker johnson. we all voted for it here. but this is a violation and cuts nondefense $15 billion and defense by $3 billion. why do they want to shortchange defense investments by $3 billion, i ask them? not only is it bad for our military, there is a reason the department of defense has never operated for an entire year under a continuing resolution.

and above all, it transfers more power to the administration to shut off and repurpose funding as they see fit. the will of the congress and the people ignoreed. elon musk and president trump would be able to fire thousands of employees. we do not oversee social security. that's in the purview of the ways and means committee. however, we do have control over the administration of social security. and the president and elon musk would be able to fire thousands of employees at the social security administration. just witness, they're talking about 7,000 positions gone. what does that result in? office closures, longer wait times, unacceptable backlogs for americans trying to access their earned benefits. in effect, you remove the staff and the personnel, thereby

crippling the agency to be able to do its job, and yes, to provide benefits. and it's nice if you can individually negotiate with the administration on your own to keep our office open. 47 are on the docket to get closed. in one stays open, why not all 47? the corps of engineers would be cut by 44%. and president trump, not the congress, would determine who gets the funding, what city, state, locality, and how much money is there. instead of addressing housing costs, the bill cuts rent subsidies by over $700 and leaves landlords to foot the bill or evict more than 32,000 households. this bill breaks promises to veterans. house republicans wisely propose $23 billion in advance funding

for the toxic exposure funds for veterans that were exposed to taxens. their bill last summer was in there. we voted for the pact act on a bipartisan basis. but that $23 billion in advanced funding has now disappeared. it is gone. we do advance programming and some we do it with the veterans programs and indian health service and public broadcasting. why do we not want to do it for veterans' health care and treatment? why? if i were a veteran and they said no to my advanced program and we do advanced funding so issues like veterans' medical care doesn't get caught up in the political whims of this organization. of this body.

veterans today have to understand that that $23 billion for them is not there. there is uncertainty about that. and there's no emergency funding in this bill for disaster relief. it abandons american families who have had their lives turned upside down by extreme weather. you know, the funding for the disaster relief runs out in the spring. what about kentucky? they just had a winter storm in february. families will not be able to get back on their feet and recover, neither will businesses who have been shut down because of a natural disaster. the decisions about investments that we make cannot be entrusted in one single office holder. this congress must decide, do we have the authority to control spending as we were granted and is laid out in article 1 of the

constitution? why? why would we want to relinquish this to give this administration, which is already doing massive harm dismantling agencies, firing people, telling them today they're no longer needed? the chaos and confusion that has been caused by elon musk and president trump, why would we want to turn over our authority to appropriate bills? i implore my colleagues, join me, stand up for our constituents against an unelected billionaire elon musk who is stealing taxpayer dollars from american families, children, and businesses. oppose this giveaway to the administration. pass a short-term c.r., which i introduced yesterday which would take us to april 11 to continue negotiations and pass regular

bills. let us finish the regular bills that we agree on. that would be such an improvement over a full year continuing resolution. i would just say to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, a shutdown will be the result of the republican majority, walking away from negotiations. we were that close. they pulled the rug out from under us and said stop negotiating because musk and trump want control with a full year continuing resolution. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to my very good friend, distinguished member of the appropriations committee, mr. alford of missouri. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. alford: i want to preface this by saying how much respect i have for the ranking member and passionate arguments.

though we don't agree, i respect her highly. america broke up with progressive democrats. they will not be ignored, like the ex in a deranged reality refusing to move on. they're spreading mistruths and spreading chaos and doing everything they can to mess up what america opened for because america last agenda is over. we saw it last week in this very chamber, mr. speaker. we see it when we go back home to try to have conversations with our constituents. it's quite simple. house republicans are here to govern. we are passing a continuing resolution to keep america in

business, stop spending and secure our border. this continuing resolution gives president trump the time and power to continue draining the swamp and undoing the damage the radical left did to our country for the past four long years. and what is the far left doing? throwing a tantrum, a child petulant tantrum full of gas lighting for the american people, ruling for a shutdown just so they can point fingers. let me tell you, mr. speaker, it's not going to work and we're not playing for it and we'll not play their game and it will be a schumer shutdown if it gets to the senate if that happens. the american people chose secure borders, a secure economy, secure neighborhoods and an american first agenda. the progressive democrats just can't accept it. but guess what, mr. speaker? this breakup is final. republicans are moving on.

we will pass this c.r. we will keep america running. i urge progressive democrats to join the rest of the nation. it's that or they can keep screaming into the void because america is not taking them back. the breakup is over. so leave the rabbit in the back yard alone. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, the distinguished leader mr. jeffries. is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. jeffries: i thank the gentlelady for her tremendous leadership and yielding. i don't understand the "fatal attraction" reference because if anybody is dealing with a fatal attraction, it's between president trump and the republicans. when he says "jump" your only answer is "how high? it doesn't matter if you're

hurting the american people. that's why the republicans are marching the country to the largest medicaid cut in american history. you'll hurt children, hurt families, hurt americans with disabilities, hurt seniors, close nursing homes and close hospitals. when donald trump says "jump" extreme maga republicans say how high? that's the fatal attraction that's hurting the people of the united states of america. and by the way, the core promise you made last year was about lowering costs, all you talked about is how you were going to lower the high cost of living. democrats believe that america is too expensive, housing costs are too high, grocery costs are too high, childcare costs are too high, utility costs are too high. and insurance costs are too

high. america is too expensive. we believe that that in fact is the case. but republicans have done nothing to lower the high cost of living. no bill. no executive order. no administrative action. that's the broken promise. we were told by president trump that costs were going to go down on day one p. grocery prices haven't gone down, they've gone up. inflation is up. you know what's going down? the stock market. because president trump and house republicans are crashing the economy in real time. and marching us to a possible republican recession. that's what's confronting the american people. and so now we have this partisan, reckless spending bill

that we're being asked to consider on the floor today. bipartisan negotiations were underway. rosa delauro was at the table working to reach an agreement consistent with the fiscal responsibility act that was passed by republicans and democrats and then signed into law in 2023p. but when donald trump says "jump," extreme maga republicans say how high? he ordered the republicans to leave the negotiating table to try to jam this far right extremist bill down the throats of the american people. there are so many challenges with this bill, too many to detail, but let me just articulate a few.

the house republican highly partisan shutdown threatening bill is an attack on veterans, an attack on families, an attack on seniors. it cuts funding for veterans, including billions of dollars in funds that will be cut from veterans in desperate need of health care for people who serve this country, who are suffering from painful exposure to toxic substances, agent orange and burn pits. and this bill before this house cuts billions of dollars in that health care that is desperately needed. that's an attack on veterans. it's an attack on children and families in america because this

bill cuts funding for nutritional assistance that would otherwise be available for everyday americans to put food on the table. when people are already struggling because grocery prices aren't going down, they're going up under this administration. and yet this republican bill will cut funding for nutritional assistance. that's an attack on children and families here in america. it's an attack on seniors, an attack on everyday americans, an attack on housing, an attack on health care, which cuts funds from things like alzheimer's research to help older americans battle these challenges. that's what this extreme

republican bill is all about. it will hurt families, hurt seniors, and hurt veterans. .. the second problem, equally troublesome, is this bill does nothing to protect social security, medicare and medicaid. we have been very clear that we as democrats look forward in this congress to protecting these vitally important priorities for the american people. why is the bill silent on these priorities? because you are trying to set in motion a chainsaw to social security. a chainsaw to medicare. and a chainsaw to medicaid. yesterday he confirmed that when he said that these entitlement programs, as he called them, they're not entitlement program,

they're earned benefits. when you start to use the language of entitlement programs it's because you're trying to set in motion and assault on social security and an assault on medicare. they're saying the quiet part out loud. we know you're going after social security and medicare because you've been firing thousands of people from the social security administration. you want to collapse the system. and this bill does nothing to stop that. all it does is facilitate the collapsing of social security by dismantling the social security administration. and of course we know what's going on with your assault on medicaid. $880 billion. assaulting the health care of the american people. we've been very clear. we'll work together. to protect social security.

protect medicare. protect medicaid. you have no interest in doing that because you want to take a chainsaw to these priorities. and by the way, it has nothing to do with waste, fraud and abuse. as democrats we have been very clear. we want to build a federal government. make sure that we have a federal government that's effective. that's efficient. and that's equitable. delivering services all across the country in a manner that spends taxpayer dollars wisely. but that's not what this effort is all about. this bill will unleash fury on the american people. it will facilitate the ongoing effort that is currently under way.

the average social security recipient in this country receives $65 a day. they have to survive on $65 a day. but you want to take a chainsaw to social security. when elon musk and his tens of billions of dollars of government contracts essentially makes at least $8 million if the taxpayers. if you want to uncover waste, fraud, or abuse, start there. don't start with the $65 a day that social security recipients receive from their earned benefits, from their hard work. throughout their entire life. start there. elon musk is $8 million a day feeding at the trough of the american taxpayer. this has nothing to do, this

bill right here, with waste, fraud, and abuse. it's all part of a broader scheme to pass massive tax cuts for billionaire donors. the wealthy, the well-off, and the well-connected. and then to stick working class americans with the bill. this entire scheme. as democrats we want no part of it. because we're fighting hard to make life better for everyday americans. to make sure that when you work hard and play by the rules in the united states of america, you should be able to provide a comfortable living for yourself and for your family. educate your children. purchase a home. have access to health care.

go on vacation every now and then. one day retire with grace and with dignity. that's the american dream. as house democrats we're fighting to preserve. this republican shutdown bill does nothing to enhance the american dream. it undermines it. which is why we are strongly opposed to this effort. part of a power grab from those who are unelected, unaccountable, unhinged. and then working at the direction of this administration which again has done nothing, nothing to improve the economy. nothing to lower costs. nothing to make life better. for everyday americans. and this reckless republican bill will make things worse. i was in selma over the weekend. we had an opportunity to once

again cross the edmund pettus bridge. think about the fact that john lewis and amelia boykin robinson and hosea williams and others as they stood on that bridge knew that there was trouble on the other side. but even though there was trouble on the other side, they believed their cause was righteous, and it was. it was a just one. it was designed to make america the best version of herself. and we stand here today, standing on their shoulders, continuing that effort. how do we make sure that the american dream is alive and well for everyone, in every corner of america, throughout every community? and that's what house democrats will continue to fight for. that's why we oppose this bill. this effort to hurt families and

veterans and seniors and children. and everyday americans. so we're going to continue to show up. we're going to continue to stand up. we're going to continue to speak up for what is right. we oppose this bill. we oppose this partisan effort to hurt the american people. and we will continue to stand on the side of bringing the american dream to life for every single american. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i have great respect for the democratic leader and certainly great respect and personal friendship for the distinguished ranking member of the appropriations committee.

but i don't know what bill the leader read but it certainly wasn't this bill. we hear a lot about social security. there's nothing in this pill about social security. not a single thing. talked a lot about medicare. we don't deal with medicare on the appropriations committee, it's not in here. heard a lot about medicaid, it's not in here either. it could be dealt with in a reconciliation bill but not this bill. this bill is about keeping the government open, something my friends pride themselves on and have often patted themselves on the back on. you've got the opportunity to do it today. that's all this bill does. does a couple of other interesting things. it actually, my friend said we cut funds for food support. doesn't do that. actually adds $500 million to w.i.c. so you cut support for housing, it doesn't do that. it adds money to the housing accounts. if you go through the bill, the charges made simply don't have much to do with what's in this

bill. the simple reality is, we're either going to keep the government open or we're going to shut it down. if you want to keep the government open, keep working on these problems, vote yes. if you want to shut the government down, throw the country into chaos, you vote no. it's certainly the privilege of my friends on the other side to vote how they care to vote but don't say there are things in this bill which simply are not there. that's just fear mongering of the worst sort. frankly, again, i would just urge my friends to keep the government open. and by the way, just for the record, neither the president, nor the speaker, ever asked me to leave the negotiation table. ever. quite the opposite. the speaker said keep going, keep try, keep at it. we are four days away from a shutdown. it is my friends that introduced a lot of things in the negotiations that aren't normally appropriations issues. chose to do that. we couldn't come to the deal. we were pretty close on the

topline number, we were right there. but we're not going to have a republican senate and republican house restrict a republican president from the legitimate exercise of executive authority and then oh, by the way, ask him to sign the bill. how do you think that's going to work out? that's not a very reasonable request. we've resisted it my friend, senator collins, who is my negotiating partner from the senate, resisted it. and we'll continue to resist it. that's not going to happen. but this bill is about none of those things. this bill is about keeping the government open. if you choose to shut it down, that's your prerogative. you're allowed to do that. but i don't intend to do that. i don't think my colleagues on my side of the aisle intend to do that. i would urge democrats who actually read the bill to reflect on it and avoid shutting down the government as well and working with that -- with us in that regard. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman is recognized.

ms. delauro: the president has no authority to insert himself into the appropriations process. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from maryland, distinguished ranking member of the financial services committee, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. and i adopt all of what the leader said. notwithstanding a rebuttal from the chairman of the committee. this bill is about giving trump more unfettered power. that's what this bill is about. this country is in crisis and chaos. over the last 45 days, 45-plus days. and this bill will continue that

process. the congress, if it passes this bill, will have failed. we should have passed all of our bills by september 30. of last year. we didn't. we then passed, as some of the republicans have said, some appropriation bills. all of them were partisan bills. this is a partisan bill. in a congress that is that close, you would think that we would come together and work together. but one of our members said, if trump says pat our heads and jump up and down, that's what we'll do. welcome to the pat our heads and jump up and down c.r. a c.r. is failure. the majority puts forth its partisan c.r. that helps this administration dismantle vital

services for the american people, outlined by our leader, rejecting any guardrails on these illegal and unconstitutional actions by mr. musk and mr. trump. that chainsaw they want to take to federal employees and the federal government. this bill requires the district of columbia, for instance, to take a $1.1 billion cut. not out of federal funds, out of their own funds that they tax their people. it defunds the police. i wish i had more time to say how bad this bill is. vote no. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: i yield one minute to the distinguished republican majority leader, my good friend, steve scalise of louisiana. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend from oklahoma, the chairman of the house appropriations committee, mr. cole, for his leadership at

helping to negotiate a really important bill to keep government funded. as has been duly noted along the way, over these past year, roughly six months, this house, the last majority, in the last congress, passed over 70% of the government funding bills, mr. speaker. we passed them to the senate. and back then, chuck schumer and the democrats were in charge and they chose not to pass a single house appropriations bill. not one. the house, under republican majority, not always with help from the other side but we still got it done on our own, passed over 70% of the government funding bills and then eventually got to a point where we had to let the senate try to get something tone which unfortunately they didn't. then we got to the verge of a shutdown and said we're not going to let that happen. we had a short-term funding bill. here we are again, on the eve of another potential shutdown, and

this republican majority said we're not going to let that happen. in fact this republican president, donald trump, said we're not going to let that happen either. it would be irresponsible to have a government shutdown. maybe it's because donald trump said he's for it that then the democrat leadership decided they were going to be against it. when did they decide they were going to be against this bill? before the bill was even written. before it was filed. they came out against it and started saying things that were in the bill, when it wasn't even written, mr. speaker. you heard them talking about cuts to medicare. cuts to veterans. the bill wasn't even written and they were already making up stories to try to figure out how to vote no and shut the government down. that is sadly where this democrat party has gotten. the democrat party of today is a leaderless, rudderless ship. they don't have an agenda, you saw it at the state of the union, mr. speaker. when you saw president trump not only laying out his agenda, that

77 million people, a majority of americans, went to the polls to elect. the mandate that president trump got, not just with a majority of americans, and a majority of electoral college, but all seven, seven out of seven, swing states all voted for president trump because they wanted that agenda implemented and what irates the democrats the most, the fact that president trump is following through on the promise he is made, doing the things he said he would do. he's securing the border, that was the number one issue. and everywhere you went, people wanted a secure border and he's following through and yet the democrat party is criticizing him for doing that part of his job. rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in government, something that should be bipartisan. in fact, it used to be bipartisan to rout out waste, fraud and abuse but now because donald trump is doing it, the democrat party of today up here in washington is so consumed

with hatred they even oppose rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse which has been highlighted up here but people around the country is talking about getting rid of that waste once they've seen it. a lot of it was a veil pulled down where people couldn't find out what was going on because the payment systems were being hidden by the biden administration. we couldn't find out about a lot of that spending we anecdotally were hearing about but you saw it on full display. it was so embarrassing that some of those employees have left. fortunately, a lot of that taxpayer money that was being wasted is now being saved and the money is being recoup sod we can shore up programs that work vitally for people. the president talked about social security, a program we help protect. when you've got somebody that's listed as 300 years old in the social security system, that shows you the kind of fraud and abuse that's going on and the

fact president trump is looking into the program and people paying into it their whole lives can get the benefits they deserve. that's why the people elected president trump and the republican majority on this side to do. you would think democrats would want to join in and help accomplish that. yet here they are on this floor talking about things that aren't even in the bill, trying to scare people, talking about cuts to veterans in the bill and maybe because they didn't read the bill. i would encourage them to read it and they might vote for the bill in the next hour because they'll realize the cuts they're talking about are not true, there's an increase for veterans in this bill. you know what else is in this bill, mr. speaker -- and i want to applaud the chairman of the appropriations committee and his members for negotiating something that's been needed a long time and that is the largest pay raise for our junior

enlisted military personnel in over 40 years. now, if somebody doesn't think our men and women in uniform deserve that pay raise, maybe they'll vote no. i'm proud to say i'll be voting yes to support our men and women in uniform who have been waiting for that raise and deserve it. how can you justify a no vote on that, mr. speaker. that's actually in the bill. as they talk all day about what's not in the bill because they were against it before it was even written, if they actually read this bill. again, only 99 pages. it's a pretty quick read. you would find out that pay raise for our troops is in the bill. stronger funding for our veterans is in the bill. why are they voting no, you would ask? just because the name of the president is donald trump p. i think the people of this country are fed up with that kind of hatred that consumes people here in washington. again, when you watch the state

of the union address and the president is not even talking about his agenda, he's introducing and paying tribute to a 13-year-old boy who just beat cancer. and they couldn't even stand up and applaud that on their side because of the person who said it. if the hatred is so consuming you can't even support what's great about america, maybe you need to re-evaluate what's important in doing these jobs. we are elected to represent the people. and if the president, no matter who or she is, has a great idea, you support it. there were a lot of things about barack obama's policies i disagreed with, mr. speaker. but yet when he said something good for america at his state of the union, i stood up. we actually worked with the president. the chairman was part of that, chairman cole, in passing the 21st century cures act, the last bill barack obama signed to help put more funding in n.i.h. so we could cure major diseases.

we protect those gains in this bill. but if they're advocating to vote no, they're advocating for a government shutdown. it's a binary choice. it's not like there's a plan b behind door number 2. if your plan is to vote no, what you're really saying is to shut down the government. i know a lot of democrats, we all get to bring a guest to the state of the union and they get to sit up in the balcony and you have the first lady and president's guests up there. again, the 13-year-old boy who beat cancer. the widow of a slain police officer who was in the balcony they would not even applaud and pay tribute to but they were there, too, but everybody else got to bring a guest. most democrats bragged they were bringing federal workers as their guests. you saw a lot of them holding rallies outside the front of federal offices with federal employees, some who hadn't shown up for work three years since covid but found their way into the office not to work but to protest. amendments are about to vote to

furlough all those federal workers. why? not because of what's in the bill. they've been telling you stories that aren't even true about what's in the bill. they don't like it because of the name of the president of the united states. aren't we better than that? aren't we better than that as a country, mr. speaker? it's our responsibility to get this done and go to work. this is frankly, business of the biden administration we're cleaning up and we all ought to join together and finish that and then come together and start a real appropriations process where with move 75% of the bills in the house and zero in the senate. ed a senator thune, the new majority leader, vowed to actually work on a true appropriations process so we're not working at the midnight hour on c.r.'s but can actually have a full functioning appropriations process, something we haven't seen in this town in a long time.

we have to first take cape of yesterday's business before we can start on tomorrow's appropriations process. it's critical we get this job done, not to vote to lay off and furlough all the federal workers, the t.s.a. agents where you won't be able to go to the airport or your favorite federal park if they got their way. let's get our work done so we can start a 12 bill appropriations process that moves through the senate, too, where you actually can have a negotiation between two sides of the aisle. again, something we haven't seen in a long time but is long past due. it's a new day in america and i applaud president trump and we had vice president j.d. vance this morning come and talk about the importance of passing this bill, too, because they want to fix the problems of this nation. they want to fulfill the promises that were made during the campaign and follow through on the mandate that was given to president trump, vice president

vance, and this republican majority in the house and senate by 77 million people to turn this country around. let's get back to being the greatest country in the history of the world. we can do it. we can come together and solve big problems p. but we solve big problems by first taking care of the government which is passing the c.r. let's see a big vote to do it, too. i welcome both friends of the aisle. the friends on the other side can criticize a bill not even read, but you can look at this bill and you might see some of them vote yes as well. let's get our work done and move on to the next challenges the american people expect us to deliver on for them. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentlelady is is recognized. ms. delauro: the president made a promise to drive down the cost of living and with that he has driven up prices.

i want to recognize the distinguished democratic whip, ms. clark. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. clark: i thank the gentlelady from connecticut for yielding. the republicans made a promise to the american people, we're going to build a stronger economy, we're going to lower costs, and we're going to have safer communities. but for seven weeks we've seen nothing but ideas and bills that break that promise. we want the government to run more efficiently and be better for people who depend on it. but stealing money from the veterans administration, from schools, from law enforcement, from children's health care, and giving it to a tax cut to the wealthiest man on earth and his billionaire friends? that's not finding efficiencies

and taking on the waste of the government. it's destroying working families. the g.o.p. are crushing the american people under the weight of their own political ambition. resendez are going up. housing is in a crisis. this bill today, they propose to evict 32,000 families from their own. those are veterans, those are kids, those are seniors, those are domestic violence survivors. eggs at my grocery store this morning were $8.44 a dozen. in this bill you propose to take $27 million away from the inspectors who go out to our chicken farms who are fighting and trying to stop bird flu that is causing the spike in eggs. what kind of insanity is that?

then if we look at the budget overall, you want to cut medicaid. the seniors' cost of living is out of control and you're saying let's run up the cost of prescription drugs and as elon told us directly this week, coming next is you want to eliminate social security. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. clark: if you feel this is the mandate you have, you can do that on your own. the speaker pro tempore: time's expired. the the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield three minutes to my very good friend and senior member of the appropriations committee, the gentleman from idaho, mr. simpson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. simpson: i thank the chairman for yielding. first, i appreciate the work the chairman has done over the last several months trying to get our regular appropriation bills done and trying to get this c.r.

finished when it became apparent we weren't going to be able to accomplish a top line yet, something we'll continue to work on. but there's a lot of things that have been said on this floor that i have to say just aren't true. not a different interpretation of the facts, they're just not true. there's nothing in here that cuts social security or cuts medicare, and nothing that cuts medicaid but yet i keep hearing that. that's the talking points that were created before this bill was actually written. it is difficult to write a year long c.r. the first time i've seen it done. it's harder to write that than the regular appropriation bills because we have to put anomalies in it, things that have to be done as we move on with regular funding. the reason i've been able to vote this c.r. and will vote for it is because of the work our chairman, mr. cole, has done

with some of these anomalies that were absolutely necessary. in the interior arena, there were four anomalies that needed to be addressed to get this c.r. done. one is fully funds pilt payments, an estimated level of $600 million, $85 million above what was the current level. in indian country, the c.r. increases funding for indian health services to expand availability and direct health care services funding the bureau of indian affairs programs are held at 2024 enacted levels and the c.r. removes the 2024 earmarks with b.i.a. and b.i.h. but the overall effect on tribal programs is still adds 25 million increase. in addition, the program in the c.r. provides $999 million, an increase for tribal contracts, court costs and an additional 2256 million for section 1305 leases in an effort to continue

our commitment to upholding our trust and treaty responsibilities. it also increases on a permanent basis the firefighter pay. that costs $147 million. it actually saves us $27 million rather than extending the one term extension of the wild fighter pay. we've seen the great job wildfire fighters do and we don't pay they do, we don't pay them enough now. if you can make more flipping burgers than being a wildfire fighter, something is wrong. shutting down government is never good policy or good politics, by anyone. republican or democrat. -- why anyone, republican or democrat would vote against this i have no idea. this is a good bill.

i hope we all vote for it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized from connecticut. ms. delauro: i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, i thank the ranking member delauro for allowing me this time. this bill was drafted by musk's greed machine and seeks to put its claws even deeper into the pockets of our people. why? to extract the largest transfer of wealth from money they're taking from these bills, from middle class and working class people and put it in the pockets of the top 1% who already own half of this country. a handful of people, so very wealthy. the top 1% of billionaires now own as much wealth as the bottom

half of our population. that's what's going wrong. i rise in strong opposition to this bill. elon musk and his doge boys don't need medicaid, social security, veterans' benefits. our constitution assigns our legislative branch the responsibility to direct federal spending. not unelected billionaires and the 1%. in our subcommittee area of energy and water development this musk bill would stifle american prosperity by cutting nearly half of the army corps' budget. musk and trump don't know anything about public works and how essential the army corps is to our daily life in every district in this country and to economic growth. the greed machine wants to steal assets from america's people and put them in the pockets of billionaires in places like mar-a-lago. finally the greed machine is

cutting a total of nearly $600 million in support for local law enforcement. nearly $600 million in cuts of local police, leaving the kitty dry. the greed machine is underfunding our local police in. opposing the bill i stand with our people. not with the billionaires and their greed machine. think about it, why rob main street to dole out even bigger tax breaks and more contracts for the billionaires whose crew haven't got a clue what working life is like for american men and women. it's overtime for them -- it's over time for them to pay their fair share. vote no on this horrendous bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to my very good friend, distinguished gentleman from florida, member of the appropriations committee, mr. rutherford. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rutherford: thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate you yielding.

you know, i really appreciate all the hard work that got us here today. mr. speaker, i have to tell you, as i sat here on this floor listening to the conversation, it reminded me of an old saying that my father had for many, many years, i heard this, that a lie can travel around the world three times before the truth can get up and put its pants on. that was before the internet. so now after what i've heard today, i would say it's probably more like 100 times, a lie can travel around the world, before the truth can get up and put its pants on. and i happen to know that house republicans have been working diligently to fully fund the core federal government services so that president trump and his administration can continue to identify the waste, fraud and abuse of american tax dollars, protect our border, and support

americans including veterans, contrary to what you heard, our military families, first responders, of which i'm a former, and our seniors. most importantly, by passing h.r. 1986, this continuing resolution, we are ensuring that a costly government shutdown does not fall upon the american public. it's our constitutional obligation in congress to fund the federal government. and house republicans are acting on that duty. unfortunately, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are not. house democrat leadership came out in opposition that bill and spread egregious falsehoods about what this bill does and does not do before it was even printed. you've heard that before. let's be clear. this bill will not hurt law enforcement by slashing cops

grants, nor will it zero out the toxic exposure fund for veterans. instead it's a clean bill that will extend funding and certainty for the american people. this bill would maintain government operations while responsibly -- mr. cole: i yield the gentleman 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rutherford: protect social security and medicare and medicaid resip yens from the confusion that comes with a government shutdown. we raise pay for junior enlisted troops by the largest amount in 40 years, fund important nutritional assistance for mothers infants, and children, and the list goes on. white house democrats seem dead set on shutting down the government over their disdain for the commander in chief. no matter the cost to their own communities and i'm committed to passing this bill and i urge my colleagues to do the same. i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from minnesota, ms. mccollum. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. mccollum: i rise in opposition to this full-year continuing resolution. let's call this c.r. what it is, it's the republican majority abdicating our responsibilities. republicans have turned over congressional power to elon musk and president trump. the republican appropriations process for fiscal year 2025 has been a disaster. republicans have had 18 months to write, pass, and negotiate these spending bills. they failed. republican leadership never wanted to negotiate with democrats. with their slim majority in the -- which their slim majority in the house would have required. here we are stuck with a four-year c.r., something that's never happened in the history of this nation. it's a complete failure to govern. making things worse, the c.r. cuts $13 billion from domestic

priorities that americans rely on. i'll mention a few. like lifesaving medical research at the n.i.h. rent assistance for low-income working families are cut. republicans fail to include $22 billion in advanced appropriation funding for the v.a. toxic exposure fund. this jeopardizes the health of our veterans exposed to burn pits and yes, agent orange. community projects submitted by our constituents for police and first responders have also been eliminated by this bill. the defense department, the bill reduces d.o.d. medical research by about 50%. it will obstruct the search for cures for cancer and infectious diseases. republicans also underfunded military training exercises, which will mean the readiness for our troops we put at risk. they cut d.o.d. technology research and development funding which helps us keep our edge

over our adversaries. simply put this c.r. is a disaster and it did not have to be this way. the american people deserve better and i urge my colleagues to vote no on this republican failure. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to my very good friend and fellow member from oklahoma, distinguished member of the appropriations committee, mrs. bice. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. bice: i rise to urge my colleagues to support h.r. 1968, a clean continuing resolution which funds government through september 30, 2025. i think my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are confused about what is in this bill and what is not. they keep talking about impacts to mandatory spending, social security, medicare, medicaid. that is not in this bill.

just because you keep repeating the same dishonest talking points, doesn't make it true. this legislation continues funding and prevents a government shutdown which would have a devastating impact on my home state of oklahoma and communities across the country. we must keep government open, so we can continue the america first agenda which is focused on securing our border, unleashing american energy, safeguarding our nation, and rooting out waste, fraud and abuse. this legislation fully supports our vets and service members. it does not cut one cent from toxic exposure funds or eliminate cops grants. continuing resolutions are not ideal. but we cannot allow for the distractions of a government shutdown which is why i support this bill. i urge my colleagues to vote yes and with that, mr. speaker, i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the the

gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, distinguished ranking member of the military construction and veterans affairs subcommittee, ms. wasserman schultz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. wasserman schultz: i rise to oppose this cruel betrayal of america's veterans, seniors and working families. this one-year c.r. doesn't make rent or health care bills more affordable which is what keeps my constituents up at night. instead it cuts housing aid that could force 32,000 veterans domestic violence survivor, seniors and people with disability into homelessness. what does this spending patch do as we stare down the barrel of another trump recession? it hands and unelected billionaire free reign to continue to spend taxpayer dollars and allows billionaires to luxe injure ate in more tax breaks this c.r. stands for cut and run. it lets trump close hundreds of social security offices and fire thousands of workers who deliver our seniors' checks.

it allows musk to keep hacking into your private tax data it put evergrades restoration funds at risk. it lets to trump and musk keep up their butyral assault on veterans and those who care for them. it does that by eliminating $23 million in guaranteed funding for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. this republican cut and run bill turns congress into a missing kid on a milk carton and cedes massive power to trump. this is the same president who in two short months tanked your 401k and unleashed a job-killing trade war. yesterday the stock market recorded its worst day since 2020. what really enrages me is that this cut and run bill sides with the most anti-veteran president in american history. trump has fired 6,000 veterans, inflicted mats v.a. layoffs and killed hundreds of veterans' services contracts

he plans to lay off another 83,000 v.a. workers. on top of that, this by makes deeper cuts to health care services for all those who bravely served our nation. democrats are more than willing to back bipartisan funding legislation but we'll never sell out our senior, veterans and children like this cut and run bill shamelessly does. i yield back. vote no. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from connecticut reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to my good friend, distinguished member of the rules committee, gentleman from texas, mr. roy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. roy: i thank my friend from oklahoma. my, my, how times have changed. how many times were we sitting on the floor of the house, listening to our colleagues on the other side of the aisle saying a c.r. is the greatest thing since sliced brad we must have this c.r. because when some of us were saying wait a minute, mr. president. wait a minute, president biden. maybe we should secure the border of the united states instead of letting millions of

people flood in and kill americans and let fentanyl flow to our communities. when we wanted to secure the border sand dared to say the funding should reflect that and threatened to hey, maybe we should have a fight on spend, my colleagues on the other side said, c.r. we got to have a c.r. our precious c.r. here we are. and what are we doing? our colleagues oppose the c.r. why? because we would have spending frozen for six months, down about $7 billion, but importantly, allow doge and allow our friends in the administration to continue to expose the absurdity of federal spending. how about a million and a half dollars to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in serbia's workplaces. 70,000 for production of a d.e.i. musical in ireland. 2.5 million for electric vehicles in vietnam. 47,000 dollars for transgender opera in columbia 32,000 for a transgender comic book in peru. this is what our democratic

colleagues are fighting for. to continue to fund absurd programs, rather than do the commonsense work of what we're trying to do to have more beds for i.c.e., secure the boarder of the united states, ensure our defense is understood funded, ensure we're able to hold spending in check so we can have a chance of saving this great country. i yield back. . ms. delauro: the gentleman is saying what eve said all along, impoundment. i yield to ms. pingree. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. pingree: thank you to the ranking member for yielding me this time. i oppose this full year continuing resolution and urge my colleagues to reject it. if we vote no and reject the c.r., we can go back to work and negotiate a regular full year spending bill. this full year continuing resolution is not a responsible way to govern. the bill does not set funding levels for individual programs

and because it doesn't, it creates another dangerous opportunity for elon musk and president trump to fund congressional priorities and we know what it's been for our country. an illegal, unconstitutional disaster. it's the duty of congress to negotiate regular spending bills. this means we actively decide on every individual program's funding level and we make adjustments where necessary. for example, the indian health service needs an additional $345 million just to maintain current health care services. this continuing resolution fails to provide those funds so tribal communities will experience a lower level of health care service. a recollect bill gives specific directions to agencies to carry out specific work. in prior years in the interior bill we've directed the e.p.a.

to conduct pfas, and will allow farmers to mitigate disasters. and without our direction, this administration may decide this work should stop. as ranking member of the interior and environment appropriations subcommittee, i'm deeply concerned the republican majority is giving the administration a free pass to abandon programs that protect the public from pollution, that safeguard human health and address the climate crisis. i urge a no and yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to my very good friend, the distinguished gentleman from new york, mr. lawler. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. lawler: as the great george costanza once said, it's not a lie if you believe it. that's what we've heard today from my democratic colleagues. a bunch of lies that maybe they

sincerely believe. this bill does not cut social security or medicare or medicaid. those programs are fully funded and protected. our veterans, fully funded and protected. fiscal year 2024 was a total of $1.665 trillion. fiscal year 2025 of which we are voting to complete with this c.r. is $1.56 trillion. the reduction of $7 billion is because community project funding that has already been paid, already approved for fiscal year 2024 is not going to be double paid. we're saving $7 billion by removing it. as it should be. why should we pay for projects that have already been paid for.

the fact is we have to keep the government funded and open. why anyone would vote to shut the government down is beyond me. when joe biden was president of the united states, i voted every time to keep the government funded and open. and the idea we're going to shut it down because the priorities changed, well, guess what? the administration changed. that's the reality of elections. donald trump won in november. the republicans won the house and the senate and so yes, budgets will change. but the fact is we have to keep the government open. i would remind my colleagues, the reason we're in this situation is because senate democrats under chuck schumer passed exactly zero appropriation bills on the floor. zero. there was nothing to negotiate. they couldn't pass a bill. they refused to pass.

mr. cole: an additional 30 seconds. mr. lawler: they refused to pass a bill. we passed appropriation bills last year. we were ready to conference and negotiate. chuck schumer failed in his responsibilities. it's now incumbent on us to pass a c.r. through the house. and for the senate to do its job and keep the government open and funded. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: you can pass a one month c.r. and do that and do what we need to do to keep the government open. there is an alternative. i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from new york, a distinguished ranking member of the justice science conference. >> i rise in opposition to this partisan bill. as ranking member of the house appropriations subcommittee on c.j.s., i cannot stand by as the g.o.p. slashes funding for law enforcement, the courts, noaa, which includes the national

weather service. this bill hurts our local police officers by taking away $247 million from their public safety technology and equipment. additionally, it cuts $350 million from projects that support community efforts to prevent crime, improve law enforcement to provide precincts with equipment to prevent car theft and provide victim services. ms. meng: these are projects republicans and democrats on our committee approved and agreed on. furthermore, the bill does nothing to prevent this administration from gutting noaa. as a result, the life saving weather forecast we all receive will be less accurate and timely. federal funding cuts in the g.o.p.'s resolution are dangerous to communities like queens and so many others. this includes social security, medicare, medicaid, and snap benefit which serve as a

lifeline for millions of americans. let's be clear, social security, medicare and medicaid are not entitlements. they are earned benefits that hard-working americans pay into throughout their lifetime so they have the opportunity to retire with dignity. mr. speaker, this bill allows the administration to fire thousands of employees at the social security administration and close offices nationwide which will mean long wait times and delayed benefits for families. for these reasons at the appropriate time i will offer a motion to recommit this bill back to the house appropriations committee. if the house rules permit it, i would have offered the motion with an important amendment to this bill. my amendment will prevent any law or executive action from eliminating, restricting, or reducing access to these programs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. meng: i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of

this amendment. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlelady from connecticut reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: i yield two minutes to my very good friend, distinguished chairman of the defense appropriations subcommittee, mr. calvert of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. calvert: i thank my good friend, the chairman of the full committee, mr. cole, who has done an excellent job of putting this continuing resolution together under difficult circumstances. the appropriators tried to come to an accommodation but weren't able to get there so the best alternative we have today is this continuing resolution. which does good things for our country and keeps the government shutdown from happening to the american people and fully funds our core government services. but something i'm interested in and most members are interested in is our national security. this continues to fund our national security it. it makes sure the young men and women who serve our military, especially our enlisted soldiers who are going to get a historic

pay raise, the highest pay raise in 40 years. e-1's that come in making $11 an hour will go up significantly. this is something needed to happen and i would hope my friends on the other side of the aisle would not vote to diminish these individuals' pay they need very much. this also supports important weapons systems, the virginia class submarine, columbia submarine, shipbuilding across the united states, our satellite construction, rebuilding the ordinance of the united states we need desperately. a vote against that would stop all of that. so to me, mr. speaker, this is an extremely important vote for our national security. i would hope that everyone would vote for that, vote for the continuing our government and make sure these weapons systems are delivered on time for the american public and with that i yield back my time.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from oklahoma reserves and the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: let's have the one month c.r. that's been introduced as an alternative and go on with the business of the house and pass appropriations bills. i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from florida, the distinguished ranking member of the state and foreign operations subcommittee, ms. frankel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. frankel: i'll tell you what, i'm voting against this bill. it doesn't lower any of my constituents' cost and instead gives the trump administration free rein to continuities lawless influence over the world and gutting nearly all our humanitarian government and security and global health programs, programs that constitute less than 1% of our federal budget. these are thought serious cutbacks but make us less healthy and less safe,

counterterrorism projects halted, contracts with american farmers canceled as children are left wasting away, bird flu, ebola and h.i.v. spreading, education programs ending, all done without any thought or any reason and the vacuum is left for china and russia and extremists to fill. we should not be handing this president a blank check to continue his harmful sledgehammer approach to how we spend taxpayer money. i urge a resounding no vote on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from connecticut reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from illinois, a member of the appropriations committee, mr. quigley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. quigley: there's a shortage of affordable housing across america and more than 771,000 people experiencing homelessness.

the c.r. does nothing to lower the cost of housing. that's what i was going to talk about for my two minutes but after listening to this debate for so long, i think the significant correction has to be made, programs are not fully funded and protected if you gut the agencies that operate them. programs are not fully funded and protected if there's no one there to operate them. under president trump, spending bills have become a farce. he's not following the previous spending bills law that we passed. are we saying well, this time we really mean it. this time the president really promises he's going to follow the law. if we don't get to the point where article 1 is optional. our constituents are asking us, however great you say this bill

is, fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, they're going to blame us because we believed you this time and we believed the president who when he gets in the room with the truth, a fight breaks out. as we've seen time again in the last month. so don't -- with all due respect, don't tell us what's in this bill and how great it is and how we need to read it when he doesn't have to follow it and you don't complain when he doesn't follow it and you abdicate your responsibilities in article 1 and as appropriators. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members of reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities towards the united states president. the gentlelady from connecticut reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey, a distinguished ranking member of the energy and commerce committee, mr. pallone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you,

mr. speaker. one of my republican colleagues on the other side asked what democrats are fighting for. i want to say i'm a proud democrat fighting for america's health care. i want to express this partisan republican bill cuts american health care. this bill slashes funding for our community health centers which provide care for millions of people as well as our nation's teaching hospitals which train the next generation of doctors. it fails to reverse the medicare physician pay cut which endangers access for seniors, especially those in rural and underserved communities. it does nothing to stop the republicans' planned catastrophic cuts to medicaid. rather than voting on this partisan bill, we should be working together to lower costs and expand access to health care like the bipartisan agreement we had in december. that bill provided long term certainty and funding increases for our community health centers and teaching health centers and lowered drug costs by taking on unfairway practices and cutting costs to physicians.

unfortunately, republicans walked away from this agreement because elon musk opposed it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the ms. delauro: i yield one minute to the the gentlewoman from new york, ms. velazquez. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. velazquez: i rise in strong opposition to this reckless republican funding bill. they claim this is a clean c.r. but the facts tell a different story. this bill slashes $23 billion from veteran benefits turning its back to the men and women who served our country. and guts health care. and it slashes affordable housing, putting thousands, including veterans and domestic

violence survivors and people with disabilities at risk with losing their homes. the vice president said this morning that this administration will continue to refuse to spend money on programs they don't like. i will not for a c.r. that regreen light these dangerous cuts. democrats are ready to fund the government. but we will not stand by while republicans are not serving the people. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. mr. cole: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. takano. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. takano: i rise in opposition to this partisan republican spending bill because it guts the pact act and exposes

veterans to burn pits. they claim to support the pact act. they are eliminating the funding for pact act recipients cutting off health care and benefits who sacrificed. last congress republicans forced democrats to fund this program. now republicans are taking elon's chain saw slashing $23 billion and breaking our promise to our veterans. where your invest your money shows what you truly value. and republicans have made priorities. i stand with our veterans and i stand firm and i will not stand by while republicans. i urge my colleagues to vote no. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is

recognized. mr. cole: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield one minute to the gentlelady from district of columbia. ms. norton: this c.r. is an act of fiscal sabotage from the district of columbia and abuse of congress' power. this c.r. will result in an immediate cut of more than $1 million from d.c.'s $21 billion six months into d.c.'s fiscal year. for the last 20 years, d.c. has been able to operate under the local budget enacted by d.c. for the next fiscal year for the duration of every c.r. this c.r. does not allow d.c. to do so. the c.r. repeals the fiscal year

2025 local budget enacted by d.c. which d.c. has been operating under for six months and restores the fiscal year 20234 local budget by d.c. which d.c. sphopped operating under six months ago. this cut to d.c.'s local budget does not have the federal government any money because of d.c.'s local budget which is raised from locally raised revenue. vote no. mr. cole: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. mr. cole: may i inquire how much time i have, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: you have six minutes. mr. cole: you know, been an interesting debate. been a lot of things said or ex

acknowledger regulateses and fabrications. there is nothing in this bill about social security. nothing in this bill about medicare. there's nothing in this bill about medicaid. there aren't cuts in nutrition thrvment is a $500 million in w.i.c. at the request of the president. there is an increase in housing to adjust for inflation. we would have been better off if we negotiated a deal, but that didn't happen. there is more money in here to take care of junior enlisted personnel. i don't think that is an article of much dispute and shouldn't be. and i can go charge by charge, yes on the toxic exposure fund, we will deal with that in 2026. everything is funded for 2025.

it is an appropriations bill for f.y.2025. that's what we are covering here. and we will deal with the 2026 bill. i voted for the pact act and voted for additional funding and i suspect we will find common ground there. there's a lot of fireworks around this bill, but talk about what it does. pretty simple, guys. it's a c.r. it's a continuing resolution. your own leadership came out against it before we saw it. perhaps that's why we are having fabrications. it's pretty short. 99 pages. i'm sorry people didn't get their projects. we don't do it in c.r.'s. and it's the elimination of congressional projects. i support them and i support the

reforms and my friend, the good friend, ranking member, put in there and she did a good job but we don't do them in a c.r. people are upset about that, i'm sorry about that. at the end of the day, there is only one important thing that matters here. vote yes and keep the government open. whatever your problem is, whatever your concern is, it's going to be worst in a government shutdown, not better. worst. so whatever you are worried about shutting down the government is not the answer. you are only going to make it worse. keeping the government open is the right thing to do. we aren't going to concede the republican president. we made that crystal clear. wasn't the top line number.

so we are here and the government shutdown is four days away. so if you want to vote no and shut down the government, if you succeed, that's your choice, i respect every member's vote. i always voted. i don't like government shutdowns. i don't think they work. if you succeed in shutting down the government, it won't work very well for you either. it never works. i think you would be better advised to vote yes than have to vote to shut down the government personally. but this body will not have the final say. going to go to the united states senate. and you have the power in the senate to shut down the government if you choose because they have a filibuster over there. 60 votes. let it go over there and you

have the power to do it. if you want to shut down the government, your choice. mr. speaker, i think the choice is crystal clear. we took a poll on it and do you want to shut down the government? the overwhelming answer would be no. do you think you should keep the government open and keep working on our problems, that would be an overwhelming yes. what the american people want to do is keep the government open. maybe yours want to shut it down. mine don't. i would just suggest we set aside the rhetoric and the intense feelings and do the right thing and the right thing is to vote yes and keep the government open. so, mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to support this bill. i urge them not

>> kentucky congressman massey was the ly republican to vote no. on the other side representative golden o maine was the only one -- democrat to vote in favor of the spending package. senate republicans will need the support of democrats to avoid a filibuster and allow it to get to the president's desk before the midnight deadline. wednesday the senate banking, housing and nerve and affairs committee will investigate housing affordability on the current roadblocks preventing access to housing. watch at 10:00 a.m. on c-span, c-span now, or c-span.org. >> c-span's washington journal.

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